Shadow casting

Shadow casting

by Joel Howard

What type of shadow am I casting?

What kind of legacy am I leaving?

When I go how will my kids see me?

What type of shadow am I casting?

Will it be fleeting?

Will my flesh be harming?

Will my friends see faithful?

Or will my integrity be faulty?

What type of shadow am I offering?

To those who near me need resting?

To my wife and sheep below me

What manner of rest am I exampling?

Where are birds in need of respite?

Are they at my house there resting?

Are those who need infilling

Coming near to find some?

Is my shadow neediness

Due to lack of personal rest?

Is my legacy fruit

Due to being filled with You?

Find me in your shadow

For Father, there I'm meadowed

Calm, collected, safe here

You disarm all my fears

Jesus, let me hide here

In the wounds where I'm dear

Spirit, let me know that

You interpret silence

You calm all my tear'd hands

Shaking with uselessness

You "Friend" call me and then

You beside me hug, again

This my shadow

Only that which I've received

This the shadow

From me

As Lord you do to me

So I offer, truly

As Lord you give to me

So I've gifts, truly

Until then, come to me

Be my shadow, truly

Then and only then

Will I give again